Trump and tech executives agree to voluntary AI safety standards

The agreement calls for independent auditors and controls to prevent AI systems from accessing technical systems in unintended ways.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said technology executives had agreed to establish voluntary standards for AI and reiterated his support for the rapid expansion of data centers, as concerns grow over AI safety and the industry's expanding footprint in communities.

Trump made the comments after meeting with technology executives at the White House. The companies agreed to work with "independent auditors" to assess whether AI systems are operating as their designers intended, according to a copy of the agreement posted by Trump on his social media platform. They also agreed to work to ensure their AI tools do not "hack or access technical systems in unintended ways."

The administration faces increasing scrutiny over the risks posed by advanced AI, after OpenAI and Anthropic reported that their AI agents had gone rogue and hacked into other companies' systems.

Data centers, which provide the computing power needed to train and run AI models, have also drawn opposition in communities ...